BNP At NYCC 2018: Bendis Curates New Teen-Oriented Imprint ‘Wonder Comics’ At DC

Saturday afternoon at NYCC, Brian Michael Bendis took the stage on his Spotlight Panel. Since his move to DC, Bendis has taken over Superman, and Action Comics, as well as writing his Jinxworld titles. In his brief time there, he hasn’t quite reached the level of intrigue that he had at Marvel. But that’s about to change. After introducing himself to the crowd, Bendis announced his new Imprint at DC titled Wonder Comics. It’ll focus on the younger heroes of the universe, and he’s personally curating the line-up. After wowing the crowd with the Imprint’s launch image drawn by Jamal Campbell, Bendis focused on filling the seats to his left with the creative teams from each book.

Young Justice The first series was Young Justice with artist Patrick Gleason. And the crowd went hype. Not only has YJ become one of the best animated DC shows ever, but this is the first time since 2003 that we’ve had a YJ comic, and they have big shoes to fill. Peep Connor lookin’ like 90’s Suberboy tho! Gleason came up to the table and they both began talking about the series. It’ll be headlined by Tim Drake, Connor Kent, and Bart Allen. And they promised that the how and why would be explained in due time. Dial H for Hero

Next up was Dial H For Hero by Sam Humphries and Joe Quinones. It’s a revival of a DC classic. The premise, if you’re unfamiliar, surrounds the existence of a magic rotary telephone that can give anyone who dials “H” any superpower for just one hour. They don’t get to choose the …